How To Write A Story

Gathering a bunch of letters into coherent words and sentences to create a story seems easy enough. After all, we just have to describe what is happening! However, your story can easily become boring and monotonous if you don't know how to truly write a story.

When I wrote my first book (it's not in English, sadly), I learned several tricks and tips to make people interested in your story. Of course, I don't claim to be an expert, but I have observed that these things are necessary for a good story.
So, these are tips and advice that may help you in your quest to write well.

1. Write down any ideas immediately.  If you don't, you will forget it and wouldn't be able to get it back. Ever. Seriously, just do it. It won't even take 5 minutes. Who knows, your idea may develop into the best story you will ever write.
2. Provide more detailed descriptions. 

• The reader won't be invested in what's going on and who's who if your writing reads like a shopping list or an instruction manual. If you don't understand what I mean, here is an example I made up just to demonstrate it to you:                                                                                                                     "One day, Jane woke up. She rubbed her eyes. She thought that this day would be wonderful. Then, she climbed out of bed. She took her towel and clothes. She walked into the bathroom. Then she closed the door..."                                               That sounds horribly boring, isn't it? So, make an effort to make your description seem more interesting, such as adding more details. Using the example above, I want to know if Jane woke up with a yawn, or just slowly sat up. Was the day beautiful because the sun was shining and the birds were chirping? Did she happily walk to the bathroom? If you want to make me interested in your story, I would expect more details about these things. However, overdoing it is also a no-no in my book - it would get too confusing!
1.  Don't add unnecessary scenes that don't move the plot forward. 
• Basically, don't put in any scenes that are useless. If the conflict never changes, then the story will feel repetitive, and it would be like running in place. So, let's say Brandon has been working on his great invention. Then, you put in a random scene where he just goes to the beach. No, he doesn't eventually think of a major improvement on his invention, or anything like that! So, what's the point of us knowing if he even went to the beach? It's also going to waste your time writing it. So, just mention the part briefly later in the story.
2. Last of all, relax! If writer's block ever approaches, just take a break for a while. Good luck!